Human Rights

may 2019

Dennis Banks:
„Every time somebody is in danger, we need to walk in that direction,” said Dennis Banks of the
Red Lake Band of Anishinaabe people.
“We can’t stop walking, because there’s pain in every direction.”
Banks organized the first Longest Walk in 1978.

The Longest Walk: We Shall Continue Route 2019

March 7-10: Eureka to Majors Place 103 miles
Mar. 10 – 24: Majors Place to Grand Junction 427 miles
Mar. 24 – Mar. 31: Grand Junction to Pueblo 286 miles
April1: Rest Day
April 2 – 7: Pueblo to Syracuse 173 miles
April 7: Syracuse to Lakin 27 miles
April 8: Lakin to Garden City 24 miles
April 9: Garden City to Cimarron 33 miles
April 10: Cimarron to Dodge City (Fort Dodge) 24 miles
April 11: Rest Day
April 12: Fort Dodge to Bucklin 22 miles
April 13: Bucklin to Greensburg 20 miles
April 14–17: Greensburg to Wichita Indian Center 109 miles
April 18-19: Rest Days
April 20-26: Wichita Indian Center to Lawrence 181 miles
April 27: Rest Day
April 28: Haskell to Bonner Springs 25 miles
April 29: Bonner Springs to Kansas City 15 miles
April 30-May 9: Kansas City to Gateway Arch 275 miles
May 10: Gateway Arch to Cahokia Mounds 9 miles
May 10-13: Cahokia Mounds Spiritual Gathering
May 14-16: Cahokia Mounds to Vandalia 60 miles
May 17-18: Vandalia to Effingham 32 miles
May 19: Rest Day
May 20-22: Effingham to Terre Haute 66 miles
May 23: Rest Day
May 24-27: Terre Haute to Indianapolis 71 miles
May 28: Rest Day
May 29-June 1: Indianapolis to Richmond 68 miles
June 2-3: Richmond to Englewood 31 miles
June 4: Rest Day
June 5-6: Englewood to Springfield 30 miles
June 7-9: Springfield to Reynoldsburg 54 miles
June 10-11: Reynoldsburg to Zanesville 43 miles
June 12: Rest Day
June 13: Zanesville to Cambridge 25 miles
June 14-16: Cambridge to Wheeling 54 miles
June 17-19: Wheeling to Fort Pitt 57 miles
June 20: Rest Day and Ceremony/History day
June 21-25: Fort Pitt to Bedford 96 miles
June 26: Rest Day/Ceremony
June 27-29: Bedford to Chambersburg 56 miles
June 30-July 1: Chambersburg to Carlisle Indian School 34 miles
July 2: Ceremony at Carlisle Indian Boarding School
July 3: Carlisle Indian School to Harrisburg (Capitol) 18 miles
July 4-5: Rest Days/Haudenosaunee
July 6: Harrisburg to York 26 miles
July 7-9: York to Baltimore 50 miles
July 10: Rest Day-Ceremony
July 11-12: Baltimore to Greenbelt Park 28 miles
July 13-14: Rest Days/ Longest Walk Manifesto Discussions
July 15: Greenbelt Park to Washington Monument 12 miles

jan. 3, 2019

One of two first Native American women in Congress
Debra Haaland proudly highlights her Pueblo heritage.link for the report

nov. 21,2018

Human Rights Article 1 – english
All human beings are free and born equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and are supposed to be in each other Encounter spirit of brotherhood.

Human Rights – Article 6 – englishEveryone has the right to be recognized as legally viable everywhere.

Onondaga Nation Clan Mother Audrey Shenandoah

who passed away two years ago,
spoke with Bill in 1991 about her personal kinship with nature and the
Onondaga Nation’s concerns for our Earth in a society that
„feels dominant over the elements of the creation.“link for the Video

United Nations Human Rights

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by theGeneral Assembly on 13 September 2007

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the
General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September 2007, by a majority of 144 states in favour,
4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States)
and 11 abstentions (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya,
Nigeria, Russian Federation, Samoa and Ukraine)

Indigenous Peoples First time to UN in Geneva by Oren Lyons

In this video Chief Oren Lyons of the Onondaga Nation, tells about the first time indigenous leaders were
accepted at the UN in 1977, where they brought forward the four issues of greatest importance to the 20
million indians they were respresenting; those of nationhood, land rights, genocide and self-determination.

Then he tells about their long encounter to get recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples and how
they came to the First Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
It has been a long way for indigenous peoples to have their rights recognized internationally.
As early as in 1923 Haudenosaunee chief Deskaheh (Canada/USA) travelled to Geneva to the League
of Nations (predecessor of the United Nations) to claim the rights of his people; the right to live under their
own justice systems, on their ancestral lands and practising their own religion. However,
he was denied access.

It was not until 1977 that the doors to the United Nations finally opened to representatives of
indigenous peoples.
The international NGO convention on Discrimination against the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas gave
them access to the UN building in Geneva.
Since then, indigenous peoples have actively been working towards the international recognition of their
rights and have created an ever-growing international movement of indigenous peoples.